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Period: 20th Century
Vintage Duncan Miller Parking Meter
By Duncan Miller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Standing parking meter made by Duncan Miller of Chicago. Featuring three coin slots, 'time expired' and 'violation' flags, and set on a metal pedestal base. Please confirm item picku...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Vintage XXIV Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Korea Snapback Cap Hat with 24 Pins
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Original vintage South Korean Cap Hat for the 24th Summer Olympic Games (Games of the XXIV Olympiad) in 1988 held in South Korea, with 24 Pins of different countries and sports. Some...
Category

Russian Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

The Complete Work of Raphael '1483-1520', 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Complete Work of Raphael, (1483-1520). Published in New York, Reynal & Company in association with William Morrow and Company, 1969. Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first na...
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Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Mid-Century Brass and Gunmetal Chess Set With Mirrored Glass Inset Board, 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century modern chess set with brass and gunmetal pieces on a mirrored glass board. The glass playing board is inset in a raised brass frame.
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American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

3 Dimensional Wooden Chess or Checker Board with Chess Players
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very unique way to play chess or checkers... the board is stairs stepped, or "3-D" look... A wonderful decorative piece and fun to play as well - likely more novel that serious, but it is a chess board with all the pieces. Checkers are not included. the king and queen are approx 3" high A great housewarming or fathers day gift.
Category

Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Ronson 1936 Pik a Cig Magic Monkey Striker Touch Lighter & Cigarette Dispenser
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco magic monkey mechanical dispenser box designed by Ronson. An extremely rare and very decorative mechanical desk box, created in the city of Newark, New Jersey United States by The Ronson Metal Works Co. during the art deco period, back in the 1936. This is the mechanical Pik-a-Cig Monkey box...
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American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze, Enamel, Steel

Georg Jensen Christmas Ornament 1995, Lene Munthe
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Every year a well-known Danish artist designs the Georg Jensen Christmas Ornament. In its many incarnations over the years it has becom...
Category

Danish 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Maquette/Sculpture of Victor David Brenner's 1933 D Lincoln Penny Front/ Obverse
By Victor David Brenner
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Maquette or Sculpture of Victor David Brenner's 1933 D Lincoln Penny Front/Obverse Offered for sale is a remarkable maquette or sculpture replicating Vi...
Category

American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Copper

Michael Graves Postmodern Chess and Checkers Set Game
Located in North Miami, FL
This original Postmodern Michael Graves chess set with checkers pieces has been fully restored with the wood which is 2 variants of maple. The wood was redone and new felt was put on the bottom. The resin players are a composition. It has velvet storage compartments inside for the players when you wish to use the checkers game part. Michael Graves was a Memphis Group designer and a member of the New York Five...
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American Post-Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Velvet, Wood

20th Limited Edition Chess Set inspired by Artist Keith Haring
Located in Sofia, BG
Here is a great limited edition chess set Inspired by the works of American Artist Keith Haring. Dazzle your opponent with the unique board and pieces, and add a real statement to yo...
Category

French 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

IBELO MONOPOL Germany 1960 Modernist Table Lighter In .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Modernist table desk lighter designed by Ibelo Monopol. This is an unusual and beautiful table-desk lighter, created by the Ibelo Monopol company in West-Germany during the post-war...
Category

German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver, Steel

1950's ocean liner porthole with the opening window fitted with a mirror
Located in London, GB
A ship's oval porthole from the 1950's Ocean Liner MV Aureol. The hinged locking window fitted with mirror plate. From the ocean liner AUREOL built by Alexander Stephen & Sons, of ...
Category

English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Circa 1920s English Ship's Masthead Lantern
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1920s ship's masthead lantern, English. A fine example of copper with brass fittings & heavy molded clear glass panel. Retains the likely original oil lmap on copper sliding pa...
Category

English Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Copper

Mr. Knife Miss Fork by R. Crevel - Surrealist illustrations by MAX ERNST
Located in Middletown, NY
A striking and important Surrealist collaboration. A rare SINGED COPY. Ernst, Max / René Crevel Mr. Knife Miss Fork; Translated by Kay Boyle Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1931. FIRS...
Category

English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold Leaf

20th Century Louis Vuitton Cabin Trunk In Natural Cow Hide, Paris, c.1910
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A rare Louis Vuitton cabin trunk covered in leather. Dating to the early part of the 20th century, covered not in the world famous (but more common) monogram canvas but in a single piece of cow hide. These all-leather trunks were made by special order and Louis Vuitton used...
Category

French 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Canvas

Margaret Thatcher and State of Qatar, Garrard & Co. Silver Gilt Presentation Set
Located in Queens, NY
Margaret Thatcher and state of Qatar, Garrard & Co. Silver gilt presentation set, London, 1983. MARK OF GARRARD LTD, LONDON, 1983 A Three piece Elizabeth II, silver and silver ...
Category

British 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

DHL - EAT European Air Transport Scale model Boeing B757-200 G-BIKM
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Scaled model of the DHL Express aircraft airplane. Made as a showroom model from DHL Germany. This exquisite Model is handcrafted by a master craftsmen from the finest Wood. Attentio...
Category

German Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Beautiful Homes and Gardens in California
Located in New York, NY
Important and lavishly produced survey of postwar California domestic architecture, written by Frank Lloyd Wright-trained California architect Herbert Weisskamp and published by Abrams in 1964. First edition, oblong 4to (10.25” x 7.25”) hardcover with pictorial dust jacket, 4 full color photos, 314 black-and-white photos (3/4 of them by Julius Schulman), plus 113 b/w plans, drawings, and elevations. Showcases the work of the following architects and landscape designers: Raphael Soriano, Pierre Koenig, Craig Ellwood, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mark Mills, Aaron Green...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Memento Mori, Wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Unique sculptured wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria, from around the 1920 ties, extremely fine sculptured piece of Artisanal work, looks like a real skull...
Category

Austrian Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fruitwood

Impressionism Art Book 1973
Located in Bradenton, FL
Impressionism, hardcover book with dustjacket. Published in 1973 by Chartwell Books Inc. Printed in Italy. Illustrated, 320 pages.
Category

Italian Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Danish Furniture Design by Frederik Sieck (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Highly important, Frederik Sieck's work on Danish furniture design is considered a classic and authoritative work. It gives a short illustrated...
Category

20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Vintage Ogden Smith Fishing Net
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Folding Ogden Smith 'Reversa' Landing Net. A good folding trout fishing landing net made by Ogden Smith. The triangular shaped net has alloy arms and brass fittings. The brass belt c...
Category

British 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Pull-Up Monkey Bar, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Modern Pull-Up Monkey Bar, 1960s
Category

German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Handheld Chinese Mooncake Mold with Lotus Pods, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century hand-held wood press is carved with a large mold used for shaping festive mooncakes. Packed with lotus root, red bean, or other regional fillings, mooncakes ar...
Category

Chinese Qing 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Line Vautrin: Sculptor, Jeweller, Magician (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by Line Vautrin & Patrick Mauries Line Vautrin is one of those archetypally French personalities - others are Cocteau, Piaf and Christian Berard - whose talents are compounded of dre...
Category

20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Krampus Companion of Belsnickel Devil Candy Container Antique Austria 1940s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This unique Christmas figurine from Austria features a handmade figurine of the Christmas character Krampus, Belsnickel's companion. The vintage piece dates from the 1940s or older a...
Category

Austrian Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Composition

Collection Boulder opal pendants with silver
Located in Delft, NL
Collection Boulder opal pendants with silver Nine small boulder Opal pendants with silver eyelets. Two round shapes, two triangular, of which the smaller one has a small chip. An el...
Category

Oceanic 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Opal

Vintage Wild Boar Teeth Trophy on Wooden Plaque, Germany 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Wild Boar Teeth Trophy on Wooden Plaque, Germany 1950s Item e6935 A vintage Black Forest wild boar (Sus scrofa) trophy on a turned oak wood plaque. The teeth are decorated wi...
Category

German Black Forest 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Antler, Wood

The Doris Duke Collection & Brooke Astor Estate (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Here we have for sale 2 catalogues "The Doris Duke Collection - Sold for the benefit of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation" (Christies) Thursday 3 - Saturday 5 June 2004 New York. ...
Category

20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Buccellati Italian Modern Sterling Silver Figural Fruit Orange Lighter
Located in New York, NY
Italian Modern sterling silver figural fruit orange lighter. Ovoid with furrowed and irregular skin and leafing stem. Underside inset with detachable lighter. Marked “Buccellati / It...
Category

Italian Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Brutalist Brass Necklace
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Category

American Brutalist Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

The Impressionists by Robert Katz and Celestine Dars
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Impressionists by Robert Katz and Celestine Dars. Hardcover book with dustjacket, published in 1998 by Barnes & Noble. Printed and bound in Spain, over 350 color pictures, 288 pa...
Category

Spanish 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Camel sculpture attributed to Liberty London
Located in Lugo, IT
Leather camel attributed to the Liberty atelier in London Good condition. Thank you
Category

English Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Animal Skin

Staircase Model Mahogany Classic
Located in MILL, NL
Modern Staircase Staircase Model. Made of mahogany. In very good condition. Dimensions: 36H x 17D
Category

Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mahogany

Masterpieces from the House of Fabrege by Alexander von Solodkoff
Located in valatie, NY
Masterpieces from the House of Fabrege by Alexander von Solodkoff. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Iillustrated throughout in color with items most...
Category

American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

DOVES PRESS: Dramatis Personae by Robert BROWNING
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Doves Press, 1910. Limited Edition Small 4to, 9 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (230 x 160 mm); 203 + [7] pp.; one of 250 copies, with an additional 15 on vellum...
Category

English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Paper

Antique Gold Filled Walking Stick Presentation Cane
Located in Toledo, OH
Antique turn of the century presentation cane walking stick made of ebonized wood. Gold filled top has floral decoration and is inscribed William Gilbert to A.S. Cobb, Dunkirk, NY. S...
Category

20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Miniature Corner Shelf Erhard & Söhne Antique German Dollhouse Toy 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This rare and exquisite miniature antique German corner shelf is a must-have for Dollhouse and Doll collectors and enthusiasts alike. With its beau...
Category

German Folk Art Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Gold Plate

Coastal Natural Brunch Coral Specimen on Stand
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Natural white brunch coral with a shell on a stand. Great coastal decor.
Category

Organic Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Coral

Frank Lloyd Wright Books - Set of 2
Located in Bradenton, FL
Frank Lloyd Wright Books - Set of 2. Years with Frank Lloyd Wright, Apprentice to Genius by Edgar Tafel. Softcover book, published by Dover Publications, Inc, of New York in 1979. I...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Spanish Scrollwork Iron Galleon / Sailing Ship Sculpture
Located in Barcelona, ES
Wrought iron Spanish caravel boat / galleon sculpture. Spain, 1940s-1950s This sailing ship sculpture was handcrafted in Spain at the mid-20th century period. The ship has a richly detailed scrollwork...
Category

Spanish Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf, Iron

Vintage Chihuahua Pull Toy by Mario Lopez Torres, Rare
Located in San Diego, CA
A very rare and fun vintage Chihuahua pull toy / sculpture by Mario Lopez Torres, circa 1974. The piece is in great vintage condition and measures 8"...
Category

Mexican Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Vintage African Litchenstein Hartebeest Antelope Shoulder Mount Large Taxidermy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage African Litchenstein Hartebeest Antelope Shoulder Mount Large Taxidermy. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements (Overall): 40" H x 16" W x 27" D. Each antler approx 10.5" Long...
Category

Unknown Rustic 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Horn

Sterling Silver and Paste Set Model of a Gentleman
Located in London, London
Carrying import marks for London, 1902 by Edwin Thompson Bryant, this handsome, antique silver model of a Gentleman, is wonderfully made with red and blue set paste to the Stand and ...
Category

English Edwardian Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Collectible "Knoll" Tractor Trailer Truck Toy with Original Box by Winross USA
Located in San Diego, CA
Very cool and collectible "Knoll" diecast tractor trailer truck toy with original box by Winross USA of Rochester, NY, circa 1980's. This is new old stock and appears to have never ...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Large Vintage Moroccan Ethnic Fibula Collectible Jewelry
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful vintage Moroccan fibula. Berber ethnic fibula used to close a woman's cape. Nice ethnic artwork with filigree Moroccan silver and adorned wit...
Category

Moroccan Moorish 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Yellow 1970s Organizer Wall-All III Uten.Silo Dorothee Maurer-Becker Pop Art Era
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Beautiful primary yellow, heavily loved and patinated, a seventies pop-art survivor, a true relic from the original owners home. Riddled with pen ink in the inside the bottoms of the...
Category

American Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plastic

Marcel Duchamp Mental Chess Board, 1991, Limited Edition 167/850
Located in New York, NY
A rare and vintage Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) Chessboard art set made in 1991 composed of a wood box reproducing the artist’s Mental Chess Board from 1937 and containing an exhibitio...
Category

Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Paper

Antique Walking Stick/Cane, Germany with Around 1910 with Owner's Stamp
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique walking stick/cane, Germany with around 1910 with owner's stamp Antique historical condition. Please refer to the detailed photos for the condition (V-223).
Category

Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Ancient Planet Model, Tellurium, FR. J. Berg, Stockholm, circa 1900
Located in Greven, DE
Ancient planet model so-called tellurium Stockholm Metal, wood, paper around 1900 Dimensions: H x W x D: 46 x 56 x 20 cm Description: Display model with sun, earth and moon on hea...
Category

Swedish Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

"Rocking Beauty" Hobby Horse Designed by Gloria Caranica for Creative Playthings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An abstract hobby horse designed in 1964 by Gloria Caranica for Creative Playthings. Composed of two arched panels of birch plywood divided by a solid birch shaft and topped with a charming red knob...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Birch, Plywood

Toledo 1902: A Historical Cartographic Study of this Spanish Province
Located in Langweer, NL
The print is a historical map of the province of Toledo from 1902. It's a detailed, colored map, highlighting topographical features, such as mountain ranges and rivers, as well as i...
Category

Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

20th Century Leather Bound Books
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
A set of ten English leather-bound books; LIFE of SCOTT. In lovely original condition and has very good quality gilded bindings. Circa 1900s.
Category

English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Paper

Art Deco Spitfire Wooden & Aluminum Airplane Desk Model, Asprey, ca 1940's
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco / Cubist Spitfire wooden & aluminum airplane desk model. Asprey London- ca 1940´s. RAF Supermarine spitfire aluminum airplane desk model, mounted over a display stand. Airpl...
Category

British Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum

Nora Inu / Stray Dog
Located in London, GB
This is an exceptionally rare very rare original Japanese film poster for Akira Kurosawa's 1949 crime film. This is not the general release poster but one created for local theatres ...
Category

Japanese Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Traditional Plaster Figure of a Dog, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional plaster dog figure. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a...
Category

Spanish Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plaster

Makers of Contemporary Architecture (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
5 Volume set Philip Johnson by John M. Jacobus. JR. Hardback. 128 pages. Kenzo Tange by Robin Boyd. Hardback. 125 pages. R. Buckminster Fuller by John McHale. Hardback 128 pages. Lou...
Category

20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Gloria in Excelsis Deo – exquisite pop up book by Vojtěch Kubašta
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Gloria in Excelsis Deo – A Masterpiece by Vojtěch Kubašta Delight in the timeless artistry of Gloria in Excelsis Deo, a rare pop-up book created by the renowned Czech artist and pap...
Category

Czech 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

20th Century Exceptional Walking Stick with Tapered Handle
Located in Berlin, DE
Timeless walking stick with handle silver plated handle.
Category

Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

English Folk Art Church Model
Located in London, GB
Folk Art Church Model We are proud to offer a wonderful example of a mid-20th Century folk-art church model. Built from scratch using various material...
Category

British Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

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